True Person Lü Xun's expression grew even more shocked upon receiving confirmation. He murmured:
"You put it that way... it really does seem so!
"It is said that before a Nascent Soul Cultivator reaches the end of their lifespan, their Nascent Soul's appearance remains fixed at the youthful state they had when they formed their Nascent Soul. It no longer changes as their physical body ages, unless they deliberately alter it.
"As for the physical body's appearance, without rare items such as a Youth-Fixing Pill, it indeed gradually changes with the passage of time... no wonder!"
Then, immense bewilderment and inquiry appeared on his face:
"But... Senior Luo was the Deputy Head of the branch's Inspection Department, holding a lofty position and immense authority. What earth-shattering crime could he possibly have committed, "or what terrifying vortex could he have been swept into, that it actually... actually drove him to self-destruct his physical body and flee with his Nascent Soul?
"Judging by the manner in which he was suppressed at the end... Senior Luo's fate was likely..."
He did not continue, but the meaning was plain enough.
A great Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator had been forced to abandon the physical body he had cultivated for centuries and attempt to escape with his Nascent Soul, only to be captured on the spot in the end.
The danger and brutality behind it sent chills down one's spine.
"Indeed!" True Person Kou Qian let out a long sigh, a trace of the bleak sorrow of a rabbit mourning a dead fox flashing through his eyes.
"If they had not been driven to the brink, with no road left to take, what Nascent Soul True Lord would lightly resort to such a perilous move?
"Even if the Nascent Soul escaped after abandoning the physical